Valley Kayaks Presents: the World Championships of Surf Kayaking – Sept 29th – Oct 9th, 2011 at the Outer Banks of North Carolina —

Finals Photos

October 11, 2011

There is so much to be said here and not much time to say it. Hopefully the photos do the talking.

Closing Ceremony Village Beach Club Tonight 7pm

October 7, 2011

TODAY: October 7th, Friday – The Iron Wave Competition is going on today at Jennette’s Pier as a fun, send-off event. We did this in 2010 at the Nationals and it was quite fun. Basically everyone throws their name in a had and two-person heats are drawn at random. One person advances from each heat, [...]

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Victory at Sea – Full Individual Results

October 7, 2011

Yesterday during the World Championship Finals the wind shifted from a western origin to east for first time out of seven days of competition. Jennette’s Pier wind turbines shifted 180 degress and the waves got big, dumpy, and random. In short, the sea was a bit angry, but there was victory to be had, world [...]

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Basque are World Champions – Individual World Finals about to begin

October 6, 2011

The Basque have won the Valley Kayaks Presents: 2011 World Championships of Surf Kayaking! Congrats go out to the Basque Team and the people of their country back home. For those who are unaware, Basque Country is a region of Spain with world famous surf breaks such as Mundaka. The 2007 World Championships of [...]

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Team Finals Complete

October 5, 2011

This afternoon Teams from Basque Country, England and USA West battled it out for the Team World Championship title. I’m not saying who won, but I’ll give you a hint. Their name starts with a B and ends with an ask. Full, official results to be posted later. A simple photo gallery is posted here. [...]

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Mens Long Boat Semi Finals

October 5, 2011

Murky Water Paddling Supply presents the Mens Long Boat class. Today the semi finals narrowed the class to the top four surfers in the world in this division. Full results will be posted soon. Edu Etxebrria from the Basque Team won his Semi-Finals heat by a large margin with rides like the one below.

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At the beach today

October 5, 2011

Lots going on at the event everyday, and I’m trying to capture each part little by little as we go. It’s great seeing friendly faces all up and down the beach and a general sense of enjoyment amongst competitors and participants.

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Men’s Short Boat Semi Finals

October 5, 2011

Shred Ready presents the most highly contended competition class in the sport of surf kayaking; Men’s Short Boat. The Semi-Final rounds occurred today at Jennette’s Pier and the full results will be posted later. Enjoy a few photos.

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Semi Final Junior Short Boat

October 5, 2011

The Junior surfers took advantage of some of the best waves of the day today. This division is sponsored by Waboba. Full results will be posted later. Enjoy photos below.

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